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November 26th, 2009 03:00

Powerpath 5.1 dead path on Windows Server

Hi,

I have one dead path to one device. All other dev's are ok on the same path. I have removed the dead path ok. How can I get the path back? Is it a rescan or reboot of Windows or is there another way using Powerpath cli? I thought it would be powermt config but this command is not supported on 5.1.

Thanks,

Steve

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    Allen Ward

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    Posted November 26th, 2009 11:00

    I've always found a rescan was required (although a reboot should do the same thing if you want). This forces the HBA to rescan the bus for devices (in this case paths to devices).

    Every once in a while I run into a situation where a simple rescan won't work though and I have to reboot. It is Windows after all. *lol*

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    Posted November 26th, 2009 11:00

    Hi Allen,

    I thought that might be the case. As you say it's "Window's after all". Thanks for your reply.

    Steve

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    dynamox

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    Posted November 26th, 2009 12:00

    have you tried "powermt restore" ?
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    Posted July 27th, 2010 01:00

    The commands to retrieve a removed path would be as follows

    scan for hardware changes in device manager

    or

    powermt restore

    or

    powermt check

    powermt check reconfig

    powermt check

    or finally

    reboot

    It is recommended that you make sure that the powermt.custom file be renamed if it exists. For PowerPath 5.1 this file resides in C:\Program Files\EMC\PowerCommon. There may be a legacy version of this file in drivers\etc - this should be deleted.

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